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June 1 1926. Y 1,587,041

F. A. sEcORD KILN I.wlllln11111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111 Patented June 1, 1%26;

unir srrss PTENT OFFCE FREDERICK A. SECORD, OF PORTLAND, MANE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES HENRY PETERS AND ONE-Tl-IIRD ,T viil'iEIL/alq13ER PEER/CE PATERSON, BOTH OF ST.

JOHN, NEVI BRUNSWICK, CANADA.`

KILN.

Application filed September 22, 1922. Serial No. 589,862.

This invention relates to apparatus for drying materials. An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for economically, rapidly and uniformly drying a mass of material thereby preventing the molding of portions of the material within or near the center of the mass. Y

The invention will be best understood by referring to the accompanying drawings which disclose, merely for illustrative purposes, one embodiment of an apparatus for carrying` out the invention wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the appan ratus;

Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of one of the iuid distributing pipes;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus.

with the top removed and certain other parts broken away to more clearly disc-lose the features therebe-neath; and

Fig. L is a vertical transverse section of the apparatus taken substantially on the line 4 of Fig. 3.

ln the drawings a casing 1 is provided which may be of any suitable form or construction. Herein said casing is of rectangular form and constructed with double walls consisting of two layers of material 2 and 3. The dimensions of the `casing may obviously be varied to accord with the particular purpose for which it is to be used or with regard to capacity desired.

ln the present example the casing` is shown as of a size suliicient to receive a single car- "5 rier or Cai" d upon which the material to be dried is piled and conveyed to and from the casing. The top of the casing' is shown as consisting of a slanting` roof 5 and near the peak thereof, herein in the front wall 6, a trap door 7 is arranged to regulate the discharge of heated air from the interior of the casing, said trap door being pivoted at 8 to swing` about a horizontal axis arranged along the lower edge of the door. rlhe lcarrier il is provided with trucks 9, 9 herein appropriately secured to and beneath the bottom 10 of the car, the wheels of said trucks being of theusual flanged type arranged` to travel along` tracks 11, 11 which enter said casing adjacent to an openingv covered by swinging' doors v12 and 13. n

An important feature of the present invention has to do with the uniform drying of the entire mass of material upon the carrier 4, for the elimination of the molding of certain sections of the mass which mold-m ing is ordinarily due to an imperfect distribution or circulation of the drying medium or `tiuid throughout the mass. To this end the carrier 4t is provided with a bottom 1 0, sides 14 and 15 and projecting` wings 16 and 17 extending laterally from the sides 14 and 15 respectively and at substantial distances above the bottom 10. The wings 16 and 17 constitutes shelves and have upwardly extending side portions 18.' The ends 19 and 20 of the carrier are preferably straight without wings or shelves such as those sliown at ltiand 17.

The bottoni 10 and the wings 16 and 17 i are preferably quite liberally perforated as lments 23 .and Qd, this being effected, in the present example, by erectingl twopartitions 25 and 26, one at, each side of the casing substantially parallel with the sides 1st and 15 of said carrier, said partitions extending; upwardly substantially to the wings or shelves 16 and 17 of said car.

`By providing the partitions 25 and 26 adjacent to the side walls, passages 27 and 28 will be formed whereby the drying or temperature fluids, as the case may be, may be directed to certain points in the mass of material indicated in outline by th-e dotted line 29, other than through the bottomy of the mass, for example, said fluid will be directed through said passages27 Vand 28 and through the perforations in the shelves 15 and 17 which overhang said partitions and that portion of the mass above said shelves or the fluid may be directed into the compartment 22 and thence upward through the perforations in the bottom 10 first to the portion of the mass lying below the level of the shelves 16 and 17. i

it extremelv dificult for the drying fluid to pass through or force its way upward and because of its tendency of seeking the lines of least resistance, said fluid will travel toward the sides of the mass rather than upward Vthrough its center. In such cases the outer layers ofy the mass will dry more rapidly than the interior and cause molding of the said interior portions.

Atother times and under certain other conditions the heat will rise to the top. of

the casing and cause the upper strata of the mass to dry more rapidly than the lower strata thereof. Thus it will be obvious that the drying operations, in order to be most efficient, must be capable of being started at Y different parts. or sections of the mass, or

shifted from one region to another.

To this end, therefore, the passages 27 and the chamber 22 are provided with fiuid supplying instrumentalities which are capable of forcing fluid into the casing at the points mentioned or said fluid-supplying means may, in part or severally, be employed to discharge fluid from the casing at said points.

The instrumentalities; utilized in the present example for this purpose include pipes 3() and 3l arranged at the bottom of the compartments 23 and 24 respectively and having perforations 32 arranged to provide the proper supply of fluid to the compartment in proportion to the dist-ancel of the perforations from the fluid supply point thereof. Preferably said perforations 32 decreasein combined area from the supply ends 32 (as shown in Fig. 2) toward the opposite end thereby to effect uniform distribution of the fluid throughout Vsaid compartments. The pipes and 3l have connections eX- tendingv from the supply ends 32. thereof through the front wall of theV casing where they are united by a header 33 to which fluid of the required temperature is supplied through a suppl-y pipe 34 uniting with said header referably substantially midway between tlie pipes 30. and 3l. rEhe pipe 34- is shown connected directly with a blower 35` herein of the centrifugal type which, in

turn, receivesits; supply of fluid through a pipe 36 attached to the, side ofsaid blower.

It is desirable in order to secure the most eilicient operation ofthe apparatus that the fluid admittedI through theI pipe 36 be varied in temperature from time, toy time-'hence means are provided for accomplishing this result, which means herein consist of easings 37 and 33 connected respectively by means of pipes 39 and 40 with the fluid supply pipe 36 of the blower 35. Within the casing 3T I have provided a coil 4l of pipe through which a suitable cooling or freezing solution may be conveyed or circulated to lower the temperature of the fluid that is drawn through said casing 37 by the blower 35. lThe casing 38 on the other hand is provided with a coil 42 adapted to supply a heating medium thereto whereby the fluid that is being carried through said casing 38 by the blower 35 may be increased in temperature,

said heating medium in the present example,

consisting of steam. The pipes 39 and 40 are respectively provided with danipers 43 and 44 adapted for independent movement so that the exact proportion of hot and cold fluid may loe supplied to the blower 35 thence to the casing.

Between the header and the front wall of the casing is a cross pipe 45 having communication through a plurality of connecting pipes 46 with the compartment of the casing l. In each of said connecting` pipes 46 is a damper 47 by means of which the supply of fluid to the compartment through said pipes may be regulated or entirely shut ofi'.

The pipes 30 and 3l are likewise provided with dampers 48 and the header 33 has two danipers 49 and 50 arranged respectively upon opposite sides. of the supply pipe 34. rIhe cross pipe has two discharge pipes 5l and 52 located respectively adjacent to the junction of said pipe 45 with the pipes 30 and 31, and these discharge pipes have dampers From the foregoing arrangement of pipes it wil-l be obvious that by proper manipulation of the various dampers a supply of tempered fluid may be admitted to the casing either through the pipes 30 or through the pipe 3l, or through both pipes 30 and 3l, and, lilrewise said fluid may be admitted at the same time to the compartment through the cross pipe 45 and connecting pipes 46 or, if desired, said fluid may be admitted solely to the compartment 22 through one or all of the connecting pipes 4G, it being assumed that the blower' 35 has a capacity sufficient to` supply fluid of the required temperature to all of the pipes referred to, and when this is being done, all of the dampers in the various pipes except the dampers 53 will be open. Should it be desired 'to supply drying fluid to one side only of the casing, as, for example, through the pipes 30, the dampers 49 of the header 33 and 'the damper 43 of the pipe 30 will be opened, while the damper 50 ofthe header 33 will be closed;l The fluid thus supplied to the easingl may be discharged therefrom through the trap, 7 at the top, ofithe casing or through the pipe 3l or through the connecting pipe l ft d6, or said fluid may be discharged at all of said points. F or example, it it is desired to discharge through the trap 7, the dempers 4T in the connecting pipes le will he closed, as will also the damper i8 in the pipe 3l. rl`his effects the passage of' current ont fluid from the compartment 2S through the perfor-ations 2l in the shelf 16 and upwardly tl'irough the mass of material above said shell' to the top of said casing.

ll' that portion of the material ahove the shelves 16 and 17 is first to he dried or dried independently of that portion of the mass below said shelves, the trap 7 and dampers Il? should be closed and the damper 48 in the pipes 3l opened, permitting the fluid to discliarge through the pipes 52, the dampers at this time being open. Obviously, a reversal oi the current from the pipe 31 to the pipes 30 may he .eifected hy the manipulation ot the dampers 48, 49, and 50.

YVhei-e iiuid is to he admitted to the casing through only one o'l the pipes 30 or 3l, it will be necessary to provide, in addition to the dampers 49 and 50, dempers 5d and 55 which will prevent the shunting of the iiuid from the pipe 30 across through the pipe 45 to the pipe 3l, or vice Versa.

Should it he desired to supply the fluid through hot-h of the passages 27 and 28 and discharge it through the compartment the dampers 49 and 50, together with the two dampers i8 ot the pipes 30 and 3l, must remain open, the dampers of all ot the connecting pipes i6 or ot one or more oi said pipes, also the dampers 53 of discharge pipes 5l and 52 must he open and the dampers 5d and closed. lilith the latter arrangement the mass or material upon the carrier d ma he dried from the top `down and the ill et ects usually caused by the formation oi' blankets of Vapor hereinbetore referred to will be entirely eliminated.

At other times when the likelihood of the formation ot blankets of vapor is remote, it may he desirable to supply the drying fluid directly and only through the compartment 22, and to this end the header il?) is connected preiierahly near the center thereof by means oi a pipe 56 with the cross pipe d5, and in this pipe 56 is a damper 57 which, at such times, will he open, although ordinarily it remains closed, and when said damper is penedV the dampers i9 and 50 and the damper 53 should he open, but in order to prevent the escape of the iiuid from the pipe directly 'through the discharge pipes 5l and dempers 58 are arranged between said pipe 56 and said discharge pipes 5l and 52, and during this operation the dai'npers will he closed. i 4

The fluid admitted to the chamber 22 through the pipes 46, 45, 56 and 34 may be discharged from the casing at various points, for example, it may loe discharged through the trap door i' or tl rough the pipe 3() and discharge pipe 5l or through the pipe 8l and discharge pipe und again said tluid may he discharged from all oi said points or from combinations ot' the saine, thus it one part oit the mass is drying more rapidly than another, that part may he cutout and the iiuid directed to a section that is not drying as it should, suhstantially any combination being permissi hle with the arrangenient oil the pipes described.

There are occasions when it is desirable to additionally heat the currents ol iluid entering the casing through the compartments 22, 23 and 24 and to this end means are provided consisting or" a plurality of coils of pipe 59 arranged beneath the carrier i and connected with a main steam supply pipe GO through a valve-controlled pipe (il. Also arranged near the upper end of each of the compartments and 24 is a coil of pipe (52 connected by means of a 'valve controlled pipe G3 with the main steam supply pipe GO. Also at the top ot the casing -i another coil 64- o'l" pipe is provided and this coil is likewise connected by a valve-controlled pipe 65 with the steam supply pipe (S0, said coil 64 heingxotten employer during the drying operation to increase the temperature of the moisture-laden air and thus assist in its discharge from the casing through the trap door 7. v

Moisture always travels from hot to cold and therefore it is desirable to raise the temperature of the article or articles coinposing' the mass ot' material within the casing to a predetermined degree and then surround such heated article with a somewhat lower tempered air or iiuid to effect the drawing oi" the moist-ure from within the articles composing the mass to the surface oi' said articles whence it will he removed by properly tempered iiiiids circulatingl through the casing, said latter fluid hehl j; designated drying 'fluid while those which eiilect the drawing oi' the moisture from the interior oi? the article tothe suriiace hereoiE have heen designated as tenipering iluids and trom the toregcin!r description it will he obvious that drying and tempering i'iuids may he supplied to any of the di trihuting points in the that have heen referred to although such fluids will not nece:V a1 il be supplied irom the same 'ooint at the'same time.

During the carrying out o" the ahore operations wide Variations in temperature are sometimes desiree and often these ii'ariations, have to he made quickly and from the foregoing it will he seen that such quick Y changes are possible merely by opening and closing the proper dempers or valves in the various supply pipes. Furthern'iore 'in addition to increasing the temperature of the fiuid at various points it is desirable locally to decrease the temperature of certain of said fluids rather than to decrease the teinperature of the Whole and to this end means are provided for admitting cooling' fluids independently through thevarious coils 59, (32 and 6l, said means consisting of valvecontrolled pipes 65, 5G and 67 vvhich connect a main brine supply pipe G8 respectively with the valve-controlled pipes (il, G3 and hereinbefore described,

ln the furtlerance of the plan to provide mea-ns to direct the heating, tempering or drying Afluids to any part of the casing, l hare provided at the top thereof a series of' ducts ierein four in number and designated 69, and fl eac-h of which is perforated at T2 preferably upon its under side. i

The ducts 68, G9, 70 and Tl have communication respectively through pipes 73, 74, T5 and Ztl with a fluid pipe 'VZ extended herein from the pipe 30 at one side of the casing over the same. to the opposite side thereof where it connects With the pipe 3l. A damper 78 is placed in each of the 1111/ #la and 7G and dampers 7S) and 8O are provided in the pipe i7 near where it connects with the pipes 30 and 3l.

By proper manipulation of the various campers it Will be obvious that the ducts 68, G9, 70 ant 7l, may be used severally or jointly either to supply tempered fluid to the casing or its action may be reversed to draw or force fluid from said casing.

From the foregoing it will thus be obvious that drying or tempering fluid may be admitted at practically any desirable section in the mass; that is at the bottom, sides or top, or in such combinations of said sections as may be desired and furthermore the moisture-laden material or so-called dryingfluid may be discharged from said casing either at the top, sides, bottom or any one of them or in any combination desired so that, regardless of the condition of the materhil, a predete `mined section or sections maybe dried in the order desired. n

1While ,l have herein disclosed and discussed in detail the construction and arrangement of parts incidental to such disclosure, it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is limited neither to the mere details nor to the relative arrangement of parts herein described but that substantial deviations may be made therefrom Without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims:

l. ln a drying apparatus, a carrier for the material to be dried and means to direct tempered fluid in a plurality of directions to predetermined sections of said carrier.

2. In a drying apparatus, a carrier for the material to be dried and means to supply drying fluid in a plurality of predetermined directions through selected portions of the materialr carried by said carrier.

3. ln a drying apparatus, a carrier for the material to be dried and means to supply tempering fluid in a plurality of predetermined directions to selected portions of the material upon said carrier.

fl. ln a drying apparatus, a carrier to support the material to be dried and means to supply drying and tempering fluids in a plurality of predetermined directions to selected portions of the material on said carrier.

5. A drying apparatus comprising, in combination, a casing, a plurality of partitions arranged parallel With the side Walls of said casing, means to supply tempered fluid to said casing on either side of each of said partitions, a carrier arranged for movement into said casing, said carrier having a body with parts overhanging said partitions, and means including apertures in said cverhanging parts and in the bottom of said body to admit tempered fiuid to selected parts of the material upon said carrier.

G. A drying apparatus comprising, in combination, a casing, a carrier to convey material to and from said casing, a body for said carrier having apertures in the bottom and through portions of the sides thereof. and means to supply tempered fiuid to the material on said carrier through said apertures.

T. A drying appara-tus comprising, in combination, a casing, a carrier to convey material to and from said casing, a body for said carrier having bottom and side Walls and lateral Wing portions in said side Walls, said bottom and the under portion of said Wings having apertures, and means to supply tempered fluid to the material on said carrier through said body apertures nd discharge said fluid at the top thereof.

A drying apparatus comprising, in combination, a casing, a carrier to convey material to and from said casing, a body for said carrier having apertures in the bottoni and portions of the sides thereof, and means to supply tempered fluid to the material on said carrier through said apartures and discharge said fluid through the apertures at the bottom thereof.

9. A drying apparatus comprising, in combination, a casing having a discharge opening at the top, means to support material in said casing, and externally controlled means to supply tempered fiuid to one or both sides of said mass and discharge it at the top of said mass.

1U. A drying apparatus having' a casing, carrier means to support material in said casing, and externally control-led means to supply tempered fluid to one or both sides ol said material and discharge it at the bottom of said casing. 1

ll. i drying apparatus having a casing, carrier means to support a mass of material in said casing, and externally controlled means to supply tempered fluid to one or both sides of said mass and discharge it at the top and bottom of said casing.

l2. A drying apparatus having a casing, carrier means to support material in said casing, and means to supply tempered fluid to said material at the bottom thereof and discharge it at one or both sides thereof.

13. A drying` apparatus having a casing, carier means to convey a mass of mat rial to said casing, ine-ans to supply tempered fluid at the sides or bottom or to looth sides and bottom of said mass of material and means to discharge said fluid at the top of said fusing.

141. A drying apparatus having a casing, carrier means to convey a mass of material to said casing, means to supply tempered fluid through selected sections ot' said mass, and means to additionally heat said fluid immediately preceding its contact with said material.

l5. A drying apparatus having a casing, carrier means to convey a mass of material to and from said casing, means to supply tempered fluid through selected sections of said mass, and means to reduce the temperature of said fluid at selected points preceding its Contact with said material.

1G. ln a drying apparatus, carrier means for conveying a mass of imrterial7 and means to direct tempered fluid through selected sert-ions of the mass of material on said carrier.

1 7. ln a dryingl apparatus, carrier means for the material, means to supply fluid to selected parts of said carrier to increase the temperature of the material to a given point, and means to supply fluid. of a relav tively lower temperature to said selector parts of said carrier to effect the drawing of the moisture to the surface of said material.

1S. ln a drying apparatus7 carrier means for the material, means to supply fluid in a plurality of directions to selected parts of said carrier to increase the temperature of the material to a given point, and means to supply fluid of a relatively lower temperature to the same or other selected parts of said carrier to lower the temperature surrounding said material and effect the Withdrawal of the moisture from said material.

19. A drying apparatus having a casing, means to supply fluid to selected parts and at selected angles through said casing and means to discharge the drying fluid the bottom of' said casing.

A drying apparatus having a casing, means to supply tempered fluid to selected parts of said casing, and means to discharge said fluid at the bottom of said casing.

2l. lin a drying apparatus, a casing, a plurality of Afluid compartments surround- .ing and for supplyingfluid to said casing, and means to regulate the distribution of fluid in said compartments.

ln a drying apparatus, a casing, fluid compartments disposed at opposite sides of said casing and means including pertor; pipes extending longitudinally of d conipartments, the pertorations in said. pipes decreasing in area from the intake points thereof to provide a uniform distril; Alion of fluid in said compartments.

23. ln a drying apparatus7 a easing having least one fluid distributing compartment, and means to supply tempered fluid n to said compartment including a pipe having perforations decreasing in area from the intake end thereof toward the opposite end for the purpose of effecting a uniform distribution of fluid throughout said chamher.

2d. ln a drying apparatus, a casing and a chamber for supplying tempered dryi fluid to said casing, said chamber havint1 perfor-ations varying` in area according to their distance from the fluid supplying end of said pipe.

25. A drying apparatus comprising a casing tor the material to he dried and means for supplying fluid to or Withdrawing fluid from all sides of said casing.

243. A drying apparatus comprising a casing for the material to be dried and means for supplying fluid to or Withdrawing fluid from any section of the mass of material contained in said casing.

27. A drying apparatus comprising oasing for the material to be dried and a plurality of fluid supplying means arranged adjacent several walls ol? said casing to ei'l'eet` the drying of selected. parts or the mass of' material and at varying angles with hrespect to a vertical plane.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERCK A. SEC/ORD Certificate -of Correction. It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,587,041, granted June 1, 1926,

upon the application of Frederick Secord, of Portland, Maine, 'for an improvement 1n Kilns, errors appear in the printed speeioation requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 65, for the Word constitutes read constitute, and line 93,

for the word te1nperatureread tempering; page 3, line 55, for the Word damper read ca/mpem, and line 60,- for the article the read these; same page, line 125, strikeont the Comma; and that the said Letters Patent should loe read with these corrections therein that the saine may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Oiiiee.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of July, A. D. 1926.

[SEAL] M. J MOORE,

Acting @ammissionew of Patents. 

